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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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